Who Works At Think Tanks, And Is There Diversity?
Published: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 - 3:46pm
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Think tanks are sources for deeply-researched policy papers and studies.
Some are partisan — on the right or left — and others make it clear they’re trying to be unbiased and simply present information. But who works at think tanks? Who’s compiling that information? And is there diversity?
That’s a large part of the premise of a piece Alyssa Sims wrote for the New America Weekly. It’s called "What Is a Think Tank? First, We Should Ask Who Is a Think Tank?"
We spoke with Sims.